This paper backgrounds and illustrates an approach to researching didactic knowledge. Underlying the approach are some of the frameworks developed from the student learning research. Based on these frameworks the experience of learning about a particular phenomenon is theorised as having educationally critical aspects. Without addressing these…

This review examines the impact of Asian Pacific American (APA) students' characteristics and experiences on their academic achievement. The article begins by describing the demographics and diversity of this group, and it explores the challenges posed by APA community college students' background characteristics and influences, the model minority…

Author argues that a new book on the school experience of West Indian children, written by a black American academic, fails to deal with "the overt and covert forms of racism". (Editor/RK)

Research on persistence to degree suggests that students' satisfaction with their institution is a good predictor of successfully completing a baccalaureate degree. This study examines the direct and indirect personal and institutional factors that influence community college transfer students' satisfaction with their baccalaureate institutions…

A study investigated the relationship between college first-year students'0 self-reported attitudes and behavior and academic success in the first college year. Three of four subscales used in combination predicted accurately first-year students who ended the year in good academic standing. However, the model was much less precise for predicting…

A survey of 318 students at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan) found that a more positive educational experience was related to higher grade point average, better attitudes toward school and learning, higher socioeconomic status, and higher self-assessed academic ability. Academic performance was significantly related to academic ability,…

A study of 42 Eastern Michigan University freshmen, both academically at risk (n=18) and of average ability, found that at-risk students had higher academic self-concepts than their average-ability counterparts, but the groups had similar educational and vocational aspirations. (MSE)

G. Wayne Clough, Georgia Institute of Technology's new president and an alumnus, sees in his own college experience some clues to student well-being and success. He gives diversity and multiculturalism high priority, and student financial and general funding are also major concerns. (MSE)

Examines whether community college students of differing ethnic backgrounds vary in their perceptions of growth and development as a function of their college. Finds that little variability of gains in such areas as career preparation and personal and social development can be attributed to ethnic differences. (24 citations) (VWC)

A study modeled the relationship between 13 variables of college experience and academic performance for 30 minority students enrolled in a support program for high-risk students at California State University, Fullerton. The research is described and implications of the findings for improving research and practice in educational management are…

Examines the relationship of feeder patterns, or transition between levels of schooling, students follow from middle to high school with their academic success as freshman. Finds that students who excelled in middle school benefited from attending the same high school as their eighth-grade classmates, while those struggling benefited from…

This article develops a theoretical model for examining the interrelationship between ethnic identity and educational outcomes. The model is aimed at developing an understanding of why ethnicity may at times make a difference in academic performance and student empowerment. Ethnic identity is conceptualized as a product of multiple levels of…

Terms such as retention and persistence reflect the interests of different parties. Much of the empirical and theoretical literature deals with retention from a "supply-side" perspective. This article has three main sections. The first consists of a summary of recent empirical findings from surveys of students who left their on-campus programmes…

The mathematics education reform movement has catalyzed issues concerning curriculum for future mathematics teachers, because of the varied school mathematical experiences of students entering post-secondary education. Post secondary instructors face the problem of addressing these differences in the mathematics and mathematics education courses…

This article presents the results of an ethnographic research project that looked at architectural students' experiences of disciplinary acculturation. The research focused on the architectural review: a pedagogic event used for the assessment of students' design projects and commonly understood as a liberal celebration of student creativity. The…